When the Stakes Are High, Decisions Can’t Stay Open

I work with CEOs on the decisions where efficiency, performance, and human consequence intersect.

I work with both individual executives and the teams they lead. For senior teams, I offer an Executive Team Reset—a focused 6–12 week engagement that restores alignment, trust, and decision velocity when things have stalled. For individual leaders, this is private coaching for high-integrity executives navigating change, pressure, or personal reckoning—quietly, without performance. We won’t chase productivity hacks or lean into toxic positivity. We’ll get honest, cut deep, and move from clarity. Whether you’re burned out, standing at a fork in the road, or rebuilding what leadership means to you—I help you decide what’s next with intention, not reaction.

Results you can expect:

Decisions that don’t linger
Alignment that survives pressure
Clarity in moments that normally trigger avoidance
Executive presence grounded in reality, not optics
Less noise. More signal

If that’s the kind of space you need, we should talk.

This Work Doesn't Start with Transformation.

It Starts with a Decision.
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You don’t need inspiration. You need a partner who can help you decide what matters — and close what’s been left open.

I work with leaders who don’t have the luxury of guesswork. Together, we name what’s true, confront what’s been deferred, and design action that holds under scrutiny.

No templates. No performance theater. Just precision, presence, and progress that withstands pressure.

Jakob Franzen

Executive Coach

Trusted by Leaders When the Stakes Are Real

My clients aren’t looking for hype or performance. They want to cut through noise and lead from what matters most.
This is what some of them had to say.

To be fortunate enough to have a coach in your career is a such a big opportunity. It should be a transformative experience and that isn’t something you let just anyone manage for you. Jakob brings an authentic presence that people relate to which establishes trust quickly. This superpower allows him to dig into the ‘meaty bits’ of the individual’s goals and make a direct impact.

Erin Schellhammer

Chief People Officer | Cogent Biosciences

The simple but profound revelations Jakob was able to help me uncover have shifted my mindset and already had real-life repercussions in a great way. Jakob has a way of saying the thing I didn’t know I needed to hear—right when it mattered most. His clarity shifted everything.
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Natasha Lange

Manager, Inside Sales

Jakob helped me discover my best attributes and how I could shift my business focus so that I could create a new vision for my company that works with me instead of against me.